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The Opelousas courier., 1887-05-21
Morning IN Her Room,

Bright and early the other day-so
early that it seemed to the head OF the
house that he had just fallen asleep
he was awakened by a vision of white
flannel nightgown, a fair face above it,
with fairest hair encircling that, big
blue eyes and a rosy mouth, with one
white finger thrust falteringly between
the lips, standing by his bedside.
what is it, Marghcritaa" he
asked.
It's @it's--it's morning in my
room.
It was morning throughout the house
after that.---Boston Transcript.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-05-21
The val and the Wav

IL was q noble Roman,
In Rome's imperial day,
Who heard a coward croaker,
Before the battle, say:
They're safe in such q fortress;
There is no way to shake it,"
"On! onl' exclaimed the hero,
'IW find a way, or make it'll"
1sfame your aspirations
Her path is steep and high;
In vain he seeks the temple
Content to gaze and sigh!
The shining throne is waiting,
But he a'one can take it
Who says, with Roman frmness,
"fll find a way, or mako it'll"
Is learning your ambition?
There is nc royal road;
Alike the peer and peasant
Must climb 10 her abode,
Who feels the thirss for knowledge,
In Helicon may slack it,
Ii he has still the Roman will
To find q way, or make it'll"
Are riches worth the getting?
They must be bravely sought;
With wishing and with fretting
The boon cannot be bought.
To all the prize is op,n,
But only he can take it
Who says, with Roman courage,
I'm find a way, or make it''
John G.. SAKE.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-05-21
Fashion Notes.

The most fashionable fabrics for spring
wear are of cotton.
Surah. is extensively used in combina'
ton with wool goods for deml-toiiets.
Pain skirts are the rule this season
with very long and full draperies in the
overdress.
satines show fewer flower designs than
last year, conventional patterns being
substituted.
Pattern dresses in woollens are very
stylish and generally popular and are in
great variety.
White ginghams with bars and stripes
of color set wide apart are the move. ty
for wash dresses.
Colored Brussels net still takes the
place of white ruching for neck and
sleeves of dressy costumes.
Herring-bone camel's-hair fabrics are
soft and pliab'e, and in all the desirable
shades both dark and light.
Gauze shades with colored ends are
worn gracefully arranged with a light
evening toilet of China silk.
Geneva point is a lace much used on
washable dresses, as 1T is very durable
and at the same time attractive.
Palm leaves form a very elegant and
favorite design in trimmings this season,
both in braid and passementerie.
All the new modes have the effect of
being '.made-over" costumes, as they are
composed of two distinct fabrics.
Partisan buttons out-button any but
tons seen for many a day, and are of the
the most elegant and elaborate descrip-
tion.
Several small combs are worn in the
hair instead of one good sized one, and
are tucked in apparently at ran
dom.
The skirts of almost all walking
are made quite plain, or with q
very narrow pleating set underneath the |
edge.
skirtings of bayadere stripes are par
,icularly stylish this season. They come
n beautiful Persian %colors, rich and
leep.
Frise stripes, with pain fabric be-
.ween, are seen in some light shades, and
a plain cloth suit very success.
ully.
The satin striped gossamer silks are
by bridesmaids this season, and
hese silks are found in all delicate
The cotton frise cloths, $, very stylish
asst season, arc seon asain this wear
mong the new goods. Stripes are very
The o!d-fashioncd lavender and buff
inghams are once more seen, but are
nown as 'sheliotrope and primrose
ingnams.
Silk and wool frise goods, when of
ch quality, are very much used in the
ew models for walking dresses fo
wear
The Opelousas courier., 1887-05-21

A new word has been coined in France
TO represent a very rich American. It is
not sufficient to call him a "millionaire,"
he is a ''milliardaire." In fact, such is
the present extravagant European notion
of the fabulous wealth of the American
railroad kings that an American who is a
mere millionaire" has ceased to be re-
garded in Paris as a mar Of pecuniary
importance.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-05-21
Glvi,sg the Teacher Something.

Acertain young teacher in one of the
public schools suffers all the pleasures
and inconvenience of being idolizsl BY
her boys. The children demonstrate
their affections in various ways, and one
Of their greatest pleasures is giving
teacher something Tho other morn
ing q little chap slid up to til. desk with
q box in his little red paw and, pressing
y into his teachers hand, said in 1
whisper:
1Th re, I've brought 'em for your
What is u, dcaran said the teacher.
aOh, you lookF' with d grin Of satis-
faction.
Untying the string shc opened the
box, and behold, there was j set Of
false teeth
They are mamma Z exclaimed the
child IN delightful tone; s4hey'rc
much prettier than j urs, and brought
'ern II you ~ ,ston Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-05-21
Household Hints.

Add a little salt TO expedite the beat.
ing of eggs.
Do not allow the wood-box to fill III
with wet chips, apple cores and othe
fifth.
Copperas mixed with the whitewast
put upon the cellar walls will keep yer,
min away.
Hellebore sprinkled on the flor al
night destroys cockroaches. They eat il
and are poisoned.
Air, but don't sun, feathers, ticks and
pillows; the sun draws the oil, making
an unpleasant smell.
Drain pipes, and all places that are
sour or impure, may be cleansed with
lime water or carbolic acid.
Paper will stick to walls that are
washed in a solution of onc-fourth pound
of glue 10 a gallon Of water.
Remove flower pot stains from window
stills by rubbing with fine wood ashes
and rinse with clean water.
Grained woods SHOULD be washed
with cold tea, and then, after being
wiped dry, rubbed with linseed oil.
If the wall about the stove has been
smoked by the stove, cover the black
patches with gun-shellac and they will
not strike through either paint or calci.
mine.
Lamp wioks should be changed often
enough to insure having a good light.
If they seemed cloggcd they may be
washed in strong suds and put into the
lamps again.
Copper wire, number eight or nine,
makes a neat and handy clothes line be.
hind the kitchen or living-room stove. II
does not rust the clothes as does iron
wire.
10 remove kerosene from carpet lay
blotters of soft brown paper over the
spot and press with a hot iron. Repeat
with fresh papers and the spot will be
removed.
To cleanse a chamois skin wash it in
cold water with plenty of soap, and
rinse well in clear cold water; thus you
may wash as often as you please and
still keep it soft.
A butter stamp should always be
washed in cold salt water before it is
used. II soaked in hot water the but
ter will stick to it, but never if soaked
cold brine. The salt absorbed by the
wood keeps it moist while in use.
Cold biscuits left over from tea NAV
be made better than when first baked
BY dipping them in hot water and plac-
lng them singly on the hot CRATE in the
wen long enough to let them get well
through.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-05-21

According to the New York Sun, sthc
travelling in some parts of Africa is a
good deal worse than it used to be. in
spite Of all efforts to open up the conti-
nent. sixty-fvc years ago three Eng
lish explorers crossed the Sahara desert
to Lake Tchad. They did not disguise
themselves, but made the long journey
as Englishmen, and Major Denham
wrote that they had no occasion to re-
greet travelling in their own character.
Since then most Saharan travellers have
wandered about in the guise of Moham-
nedan pilgrims or Turkish physicians,
hut their picturesque disguise has moi
favcd a largo number of them from yio-
lent death. Dir. LEM, the latest sue
cessful traveller in the Sahara, palmed
himself off as a physician from Turkey,
but his disguise would not have enabled
him to reach Tinlbuktu if he had not
been accompanied by aman who enjoyed
tie reputation of being a descendant of
the Prophet. When Wilson and Felkin
wrote their book on Uganda a few years
ago, they said that the great region of
which Emin Bey was governor was SO
that white men could travel through
It from n end to the other armed
no more formidable weapon than a
M 80 -& +H"MMt
walking stick. This is the country in
which Dr.. schnitzler, now known as
Emin Pasha, is cooped up, at present,
and the sum Of 500, 900 has been in
vested in StanIey's effort to rescue him.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-05-21
The LGb0a. nuasffo.

Young Political Esonomist-..Do you
know, George, ] have been studying
the labor question a great dnl of
late2
Ge0rge---That sol Going to work.
y takes the first thirty years of !
young mans life TO find out that it
isn't the man with the shiniest hat who
draws the biggest check.-.PaiIadel-
,shia Call.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-05-21

The va e of newspaper advertising is
seen in New York in the accommoda-
tons which the railroads are obliged to
make on Monday for extra travel of
ladies drawn from the suburbs to the
city by the attractions announced in the
Sunday paper advertisements.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-05-21
FOR THE HOU
Time Table for Boiling

Time Table for Boiling.
Potatoes, half an hour, unless small,
when rather less.
Peas and asparagus, twenty to twenty
five minutes.
Cabbage and %caulifiower, twenty-five
! minutes to half an hour.
String beans, if slit or sliced slant
wise and thin, twenty-five minutes
if only snapped across, forty min
utes.
Green corn, twenty to twenty-five
minutes.
Lima beans, if very young, holf an
hour; old, forty to forty-fve min
utes.
Carrots and turnips, forty-fve min
utcs when young; one hour in
winter.
Beets, one hour in summer; one hour
and a half, or even two hours, if large,
in winter.
Onions, medium size, one hour.
Rule-All vegetables to go into fast
boiling water, to be quickly brou3lle to
boiling point again, not left to steep in
tho hot water before boiling, which
toughens them and destroys color and
flavor.
This time table must always be regu-
lated by the hour at which the meat
will be done. Ii the meat should have
to wat five minutes for the vegetables
there will be a loss of punctua!ity, but
the dinner will not be damaged, but if
the vegetables are done and wait for the
meat you dinner will certainly be
much the worse; yet, 80 general. is the
custom of over boiling vegetables or put
ting them to cook in a haphazard way,
about the time, that very
many people do not recognize the
damage. They would very quickly see
the superiority of the vegetables just
cooked the right time, but would at
tribute it to some superiority of the
article itself, that they are fresher and
finer, not KNOWN. that tho finest and
freshest, improperly cooked, are little
better than the poor ones.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-05-21

All the rcigning houses of Europe
taken together muster only 4Os male
members; so that the royal castle is
not an extensive one, especially when we
consider that one family alone, that of
Lippe, which rules over barely 10, 600
souls, counts IS princes. The most pro-
life house is that of Holstein, with SO
members, embracing the royal families
Of Russia, Denmark, Greece, and some
small principalities. : The mouse of
Wellin, to which belongs the British
royal family, as well as those of Belgium
and Portugal, counts SO; the Bourbons
muster Al, the Hapsburgs SO, the Hohen-
zolleins 20, the house of o ange 43.
The snallestof all is that Of Obrenovilch
Bervia), which is limited to two, males.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-05-21

Story, the eminent American sculptor,
has completed n $50, 900 monument to
Francis Scott Key, the author of the
Star Spangled Banner" It is to be
placed in a San Francisco park, in &C
cordance with q proviso in the will OF
James Lick, who gave the money.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-05-21
ST. MARY'S

La
The course Of instruction in this Institution embraces
Engiisl. French, Litin. Greek, Arithme tic, Algebra.
Geometry, Book. keeping. Natural Sciences, Hittorg'
Geography, Penmanship, and great care is bestcWsa
on Christian Instruction.
TERMs:-Board ami tuition per month SIS: Dsy
Scholars per month, -. So or 81, according to tlass'
Glasses are resumed on "Wednesday, s spternbsr iSth.
1885. RIv. q. AYMoN D. d.,
REV. T. J. RAYMOND.
HENRY q. LEWIS,
Aug. 20. 1885. A. BLANC DUcUEsyAr.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-05-21
Women ill tine East.

"Constantinople," says Postmaster
Leeds, lis the scat of the Mohammedan
religion, but We must go TO the interior
to see the customs and religion of the
people in the true light; for the foreign
ers in Constantinople have had some ef-
feet on the manners of the people. Take
for instance the wells worn by the wo-
mentor all women are veilcd in that
country. In the interior it is of heavy
C 9th covered with horrid fl ,urcs that
look hideous, while in Constantinople ii
is delightfully."- thin and tends rather to
improve the looks.
TIE Sultan at the present time has 484
wives. He never marries, but the wo-
man who bears him the first male child
he appoints his sultana. and upon her
confers the ring that makes her the le-
gitimate heir. When a young mar ar
rives at the proper age and his mother
and sisters think that he needs a wife.
they look about to find one suitable for
him. At the time of the ceremony she
arrives, closely yelled, and after the
ceremony is performed he lifts the veil
AMI for the first time gees the face of his
wife. He has eight days in which to
decide if he is satisfied with her, and if
not he returns her TO her parents. A
divorce is a mere snap of the finger
New Haven Palladium.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-05-21

The CIR e Rassia receives tho largest
salary Of any ruler SO, ooo, 900 annu
ally.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-05-21

The United States pension lis., includ.
ing the Mexican bill, costs the country
within SO, 600, 600 as much as the army
and navy Of the German empire cost the
people Of Germany.
The Opelousas courier., 1887-05-21
Ferns.

Ferns are easily cultivated, if a few
practical details are observed. Growing
in their native habitats they are, for the
most part, found in shady positions,
where, during their growing period, they
have abundance of moisture at their
roots; therefore, under cultivation, a
shady window is for most kinds more
mitable than a sunny one, and during
their season of growth a good supply of
water at the roots is demanded. While
it is necessary for their success to lave
an abundance of water, they are at the
same time very impatient of a stagnant
soil, and to prevent anything of the
kind occurring perfect drainage is in
~dlspensable. Not only is drainage a me-
cessity in the cultivation of ferns. but it
is also needed in the culture of all kinds
Of window and greenhouse plants after
they have attained a certain size. No
plants do | know, except aquaties, that
in soil from which the water
does not pass off freely. Plants grow
Ing in pots six inches in diameter and
over should have good drainage. This
may be done by placing over the hole in
The bottom of the pot a piece of broken
pot; over this place more of the same
material in small pieces; instead of this
pieces of charcoal answer well. Fill
about one-fourth of the pot in this man.
ner, and owe the top place some moss or
rough material to prevent the soil
rom mixing with the drainage, and
hereby preventing the water from pas
ing freely of. The most suitable soil
or ferns is a mixture of garden loan and
he black soil found in the woods. about
quail parts of each, hen with d good
prinkling of sharp sand through the
Whole, giving more if the loan is clayey
less if sandy. Vick's Magazine.
4
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-05-24
THE AGENTS REVENGE.
Senator cullom Reminded Of the
Interstate Bill.

Washington special to the New
York Wold: Afew days ago SEN
ator Cullom's coachman appeared at
local railroad freight Office with the
Senator's handsome turnout, consist
ing of fine pair of bay horses and an
elegant landau.
"Senator Cullom wishes 10 ship his
horses and carriage in a special car TO
Chicago" said the drive.
"Certainly." said the polite agent,
and the turnout was at once put
aboard OF large car.
The coachman having satisfied him
self that everything was all right,
turned 10 leave the station, when he
was stopped by the same polite Of
fetal. a
You have forgotten something"
said the railway man, at the same
time handing the driver bill for
5000 for transportation.
"But the Senator always has his
horses carried for nothing" protested
the coachman.
"The Senator used to-" replied the
agent, with an affable smile, "but
that was before the passage of the
Interstate commerce law. / have
orders now to collect full freight
from everybody, and can make no
exception in favor Of Senator Cullom."
The exact language used by the
Illinois statesman when he received
the bill is not reported, but 1t is said
TO have been exceedingly picturesque.
He at once gave orders TO have the
turnout unloaded, and he has offered
the same for sale at a bargain.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-05-24
Mrs. S. B. Buokner.


tExchange.l
The election of General Buckner
will bring to the Governors mansion
a woman eminentiy fitted for the So
cial duties and responsibilities which
devolve upon the first lady of the
State--a woman distinguished for
great personal beauty and charming
manners, vivacious, genial, and fond
of the society in which she shines.
Mrs. Buckner (nee Della Claiborne)
is the daughter of Maj. John NJ. Clai-
borne, of Richmond, Va, who was, of
course, an officer in the Confederate
army. Her mother was Miss Virgin
Ia Bassett, of Hanover county, Va, a
grandneice of Gen. Washington, and
related TO the Lees, Herberts, and also
to the Carriers, who, in the colonial
days, when Virginia planter was
practically "monarch ofall he survey
ed" lived in superb style, and enter
tanned royalty at their place on James
river. Her father is direct descend
ant of William Claiborne Of "Rebel"
fame, who came TO this country from
England in 1921, and for many years
after contended with Lord Baltimore
for the possession of Kent Island, and
kept things lively along the borders
of Maryland. He traced his lineage
back to the Cleburns of Cleburn Hall
in Westmoreland, England, who
fought with William the Conqueror
and whose manor was recorded to
Dooms- day book. Mrs. Buckner is
named for her paternal grandmother
Della Hays. She was born in Rich
mend, WHARF she. was educated and
spent the greater par. Of her life. Her
ancestors have been prominent in the
social and political history Of the
State, and her own career has been
one Of social eminence, as becomes
the daughter of such house. Dur
ing her girlhood she was one of the
most distinguished frequenters of the
Southern watering places, where her
beauty and vivacity drew around her
host of admirers. She lived gay
life at White Sulphur Springs and
Old Point Comfort In the season, and
in the winter vibrated between Phila-
uelpnlh anu w hSnhu6tOu Oity. oho
first met Gen. Buckner at the White
Sulphur Springs, and they were mar
ried in June, 1885. Mrs. Buckner is
n woman ofuncommon beauty. Black
hair that ripples back from a smooth,
broad forehead bright brown eyes
/ q brilliant complexion; superb
figure and a head gracefully poised
combined with peculiar ease and
gayety of manner make up charm-
Ing personality. Fitted as she is to
adorn the position to which she has
been called, she will no doubt infuse
new life into the society ofthe ecapitali
and inaugurate such season Of gay
ETY. as has not been witnessed there
for many administrations.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-05-24
YOUNG COUNTY. TEXAS.
Ed. souru KENrucKrAN

Ed. SoUTH KENTUcKIAN
Maybe your readers would like to
hear from North West Texas. While
the wind was blowing cool and
pleasant from the South / walked up
on the mountain where / could see
4 miles up the clear fork, and 8 down
the same stream and such change
there is In the looks, it Is wonderful,
indeed. One month ago all vegita-
ton was dead like a corpse stripped of
life, to-day the scenery is as beautiful
as a lonely maiden being led TO the
altar. The trees have put forth their
leaves, the grass Is green and thous-
ands of all colors Of blossoms cover
the prairies.
The drouth that was, is gone, and
those that had energy and grit TO
tough it out and stay are going TO
reap bountiful crop this year. A
great many weak kneed ones left last
year aud 1t was feared that great
deal of land would lay idle but the
farmers have gone TO work with a
will and nearly all the land that has
ever bee cultivated will be planted
thise year L think the drouth will be
a blessing in the end. IL has driven
the large herds Of cattle further west
and thes with few head of stock
can have better range. 1t Is strange
that Texas has thousands and thous-
ands of acres of rich land TO sell at SO
to So per acre on 40 years time at 5
per cent. interest TO any one wanting
a home and any one year thousands
In each old state will give more than
that price In rent where they work
from year to year and grow poorer
every year. A drouth in Texas does
not hurt nor make any one live any
harder than the masses have to live
every year of their lives in the old
states. / can keep more stock ON 3
acres of millet hero through winter
than can be kept on 40 acres in that
State or Kansas or Illinois. / have
no land 10 sell neither am agent for
any immigration society, but | have
lived in Kentucky, Illinois and Kan
sas and know how renters and men
with poor land have TO work to make
ends meet. l don't say for any one
with a good farm who is doing well
to sell out, but do say for all that
haYe no farms and have a will to
work and become free man, TO come
to Texas while land can be had so
cheap. Improved land In this county
IL selling at from $40 to $40 per acre.
When came here 7years ago could
buy at one dollar per acre for range
land aud from SO to So for improved
We have the best of schools in every
community.
Well Mr.. Editor / would like for
you TO be here at one of our fish fries
and help pick the meat from one of
Clear Forks cats that weigh 40 or 90
lbs, and see how we Texans enjoy
ourselves under the shade. ! believe
you would think Pond River fish
would do for bait for our fish aud
nothing more. Two drags with seine
this spring caught 500 pounds.
Crops are late this spring but the
land is In fine condition. There will
be large crop of cotton planted this
year, wheat will be light where ii
was poorly put In, in part of the state
where the drouth was lastyear, rains
not coming till April l6.
G. II. LoNG.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-05-24
A Cure for Blood Disease.

Tho wonderful success of Swift's
Sure Specific, known as the rs. S. S."
remedy for diseases of the blood, is
sufficient 10 command the attention
of sufferers from blood poisoning,
particularly those who have battled
with this form of disease for years
unsuccessfully with potash.
1t Is claimed that Swlft's Specific is
purely vegetable compound, that is
entirely free from potash and mercury
mixtures, and that its action on the
blood is direct, purifying and restor-
ing without injury to the nervous
stem.
A list of certificates of the extra
ordinary cures effected by his med
icine would fill large volume, and
a report of its yearly sales in the
United States alone would seem in
credible. All druggists have it for
sale.-New Orleans Picayune.
Treaties on Blood and Skin Di-
seases mailed free. The SWIFT SPE-
cIFIc Co., Drawer 3, Atlanta,